Mike Cotton's Jazzmen (but without their singer Jeannie Lamb who is an Equity union
member who are currently in dispute with ITV)

ATV The Arthur Haynes Show 7:40 – 8:20 pm

Ken Morris and Joan Savage

Sunday 28th January 1962

BBC Meeting Point

Adam Faith in conversation with the Archbishop of York

BBC Charlie Chester's Music Hall

Lena Martell

Bob Wallis and his Storyville Jazzmen

ABC Sing Along With Joe 5:20 – 5:45 pm (not networked)

Joe (Mr Piano) Henderson

Jim Dale

Don Rennie

Jackie Lee

The Raindrops

ABC Sunday Break

Mike Cotton Jazzmen

ABC Sing Along With Joe 5:20 – 5:50 pm (not networked)

ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium

NB A dispute between actors' union Equity and ITV means that the dance troupe still
can't appear on the show

Hosted by Norman Vaughan

David Whitfield

The Eric Delaney Band

The Mudlarks

Tuesday 30th January 1962

AR Tuesday Rendezvous

Bert Weedon

Bobby Vee (in Bert Weedon's Lucky Dip)

The Allisons

Wednesday 31st January 1962

BBC The Singing Years: Songs of the Century

Dennis Lotis, Sheila Buxton, Benny Lee

BBC The Temperance Seven 10:30 - 10:45 pm

AR Hippodrome

NB The dancing girls were to be replaced by professional models so Equity threatened
action

Anne Shelton – I Get A Kick Out Of You, Frauline, It’s You

Border Beat in the Border (one-off)

content unknown

Tyne Tees Young at Heart

The Clyde Valley Stompers

Bobby Vee

Vince Eager

The Honeys

Sylvia Sands

Thursday 1st February 1962

TWW Discs-A-Gogo

content unknown

AR Parade

Juliette (Canadian singer)

ATV The Denny Willis Show

The Alex Welsh Band

Friday 2nd February 1962

ATV All That Jazz

Chris Barber's Jazzband with Ottilie Patterson – There’ll Be A Hot Time In The Tavern
Tonight

The Dallas Boys

The John Barry Seven

Sheila Southern – You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby, Hey Look Me Over

with Jack Parnell and his Orchestra

Granada Josh White Sings

Tyne Tees Ten O'Clock Special

Awards show with Vera Lynn presenting award

Saturday 3rd February 1962

BBC Juke Box Jury

Jury - Carole Carr, Dennis Norden, Barbara Shelley, Steve Race

Guest -

BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show

Matt Monro

Mrs Mills

Harry Secombe

ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5:50 to 6:30 pm (back on ATV)

Hosted by Brian Matthew

Bobby Vee - accepts silver disc award for Take Good Care Of My Baby

Valerie Masters

Ronnie Carroll

Big Ben Trad Band

Tommy Bruce

Susan Maughan

Guest DJ: Alan Dell and a panel of teenagers review the new American releases in
Spin-A-Disc

ATV The Arthur Haynes Show

Ken Morris

Joan Savage

Sunday 4th February 1962

BBC Charlie Chester Music Hall 7:55 - 8:40 pm

The Springfields

Dickie Valentine

Lena Martell - Drumming The Twist

ABC Tempo: The Artist in France

Larry Adler

ABC Sing Along With Joe 5:20 – 5:50 pm

Joe (Mr Piano) Henderson

Jim Dale

Don Rennie

Barbara Law

The Raindrops

ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium

Hosted by Norman Vaughan

Bobby Vee

Buddy Greco

Monday 5th February 1962

BBC Come Dancing: The Carl-Alan Awards

Those receiving awards are Billy Fury, Mr Acker Bilk, Joe Loss

AR Chan Canasta

Steve Race

Dorothy Squires

Tuesday 6th February 1962

AR Tuesday Rendezvous

Bert Weedon

Southern Day By Day

possibly Tony Orlando

Wednesday 7th February 1962

BBC Music in Camera

Larry Adler

BBC The Temperance Seven

ATV The Roy Castle Show

Cleo Laine

The King Brothers

Kenny Baker

Tyne Tees Young at Heart

Tony Orlando

Southern Day By Day

NB By this time an entertainemnt spot becomes a reguar feature under the direction
of Mike Mansfield

Danny Williams

Thursday 8th February 1962

BBC Crackerjack

Russ Conway

TWW Discs-A-Gogo 6.20 - 6.45 pm

The New Orleans Knights

The Conferderates Jazz Band

AR The Steve Race Four

AR Parade

The Limeliters

Tyne Tees Young at Heart

The Clyde Valley Stompers

Southern Day By Day

Terry Lightfoot

Friday 9th February 1962

ATV All That Jazz

The Karl Denver Trio

Lorie Mann

Mick Mulligan and his Band

Frank Ifield

Bob Miller and the Millermen

with Jack Parnell and his Orchestra

Saturday 10th February 1962

BBC Juke Box Jury

Jury - Frances Bennett, Leslie Crowther, Alan Dell, Maureen Evans

Guest -

BBC Black and White Minstrel Show

George Chisholm and his Jazzers

ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5:50 to 6:30 pm (not networked)

NB A young girl was injured as a car carrying Tony Orlando drove away after the broadcast.
Orlando stayed with her for several hours at the local hospital to make sure she
was not badly injured.

Hosted by Brian Matthew

Tony Orlando

The Karl Denver Trio

The Viscounts

Don Charles

Barbara Kay

Gene Pitney

Guest DJ: Jimmy Savile and a panel of teenagers review the new American releases
in Spin-A-Disc

ATV The Arthur Haynes Show

Ken Morris and Joan Savage

Sunday 11th February 1962

BBC Monitor: Music Of Our Day From Jazz To Schoenberg

Michael Tippett

BBC A Song For Europe 7:55 - 8:55 pm

NB The show had the involvement of five major British recording companies - EMI,
Decca, Phlips, Pye and Oriole.

Johnny Angel - Look Look Little Angel

The Brook Brothers

Ronnie Carroll - Ring A Ding Girl (eventual winner)

The Karl Denver Trio (NB the staging was produced by Jack Good)

Donna Douglas

Frank Ifield - Alone Too Long

Jackie Lee

Kenny Lynch - There's Never Been A Girl

Brad Newman

Rikki Price

Doug Sheldon

Robb Storme

ABC Sing Along With Joe 5:20 – 5:45 pm (not networked)

Joe (Mr Piano) Henderson

Jim Dale

Don Rennie

Barbara Law

The Kentones

The Mudlarks

ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium

Hosted by Norman Vaughan

Bobby Rydell - Sitting On Top Of The World, The Girl That I Marry, I've Got Bonnie

Russ Conway

Monday 12th February 1962

AR Chan Canasta

Ruby Murray

Donald Peers

Southern Three Of A King (first of a weekly series running for three months)

Resident: Wout Steinhuis, Dorita Y Pepe

Ken Skyora

Tuesday 13th February 1962

ATV The Arthur Haynes Show probably repeat, some areas only

Ken Morris and Joan Savage

AR Tuesday Rendezvous

Bert Weedon

Southern Day By Day

Bobby Vee

Tyne Tees Young at Heart

The Monty Sunshine Band

Ruby Murray

Wednesday 14th February 1962

BBC Wednesday Magazine

Tony Orlando

Bobby Vee

BBC The Singing Years

Dennis Lotis

ATV The Alma Cogan Show 8:00 - 9:00 pm

Alma Cogan

Bobby Rydell

Southern Day By Day

Lynn Cornell

Southern Personal Call

NB The format now changes with Ronnie Aldrich on piano, Joe Muddell on bass and James
Neale on drums. Each song request will be on a card chosen at random from a tombola
style drum and then performed by the trio

Thursday 15th February 1962

BBC The Ivor Novello Awards (not listed in the Daily Mirror)

Matt Monro

TWW Discs-A-Gogo 6:25 - 6:45 pm

content unknown

AR The Steve Race Four

AR Parade

The Billy Van Four

Julius La Rosa

Southern Day By Day

Dorothy Squires

Friday 16th February 1962

ATV All That Jazz

The King Brothers – Girl In Calico

Janie Marden – Wonderful Guy

Bob Miller and the Millermen – Up A Lazy River

Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazzmen – I Love Paris

With Jack Parnell and his Orchestra

Granada Josh White Sings 11:10 - 11:25 pm

Southern Day By Day

Kenny Ball

Saturday 17th February 1962

BBC Juke Box Jury

Jury - Petula Clark, George Elrich, Jean Metcalf, Jimmy Young

Guest -

BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show

Ronnie Carroll

ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5:50 to 6:30 pm (networked)

Hosted by Brian Matthew

Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen

Anne Shelton

Mikki and Griff

The Mudlarks

Clinton Ford

Phil Fernando

Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry

Guest DJ Barry Aldiss and a panel of teenagers review the new American releases in
Spin-A-Disc

NB Helen Shapiro had been booked to appear but had to cancel due to other engagements

Hosted by Brian Matthew

Billy Fury

The Karl Denver Trio

Bert Weedon

The Saints Jazz Band

Don Charles

Carmita

Vince Hill

Guest DJ Ted King and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-A-Disc

ABC Saturday Bandbox 6:30 - 7:15 pm

no musical guests

ABC Seeing Life

The Lana Sisters

Ronnie Carroll

The Kevin Kent Four

The Harry Heyward Sextet

Sunday 10th June 1962

BBC Eartha Kitt True Stories From Daniel part three

ABC Sunday Break

Steve Arlen and the Expresso Five

ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium

Hosted by Norman Vaughan

No musical guests of interest in this edition

Monday 11th June 1962 Bank Holiday

BBC The Judy Garland Show 8:00 - 8:50 pm

NB Made by CBS in America

Frank Sinatra

Dean Martin

TWW Discs-A-Gogo

The Brook Brothers

AR Find The Singer £1000 Contest (the finale)

content unknown

Westward Spin Along

content unknown

Tuesday 12th June 1962

ATV Lunch Box

'Pick A Pop' Peter Elliott

Granada Swinging Along 7:00 – 7:30 pm

Marion Ryan – If I Can’t Take It With Me When I Go

The King Brothers

AR Tuesday Rendezvous

content unknown

Southern Day By Day

Matt Monro

Ulster Roundabout

Rog Whittaker

Wednesday 13th June 1962

ATV The Arthur Haynes Show

Ken Morris & Joan Savage

Thursday 14th June 1962

BBC The Acker Bilk Band Show 5:00 - 5:25 pm (first edition)

Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazzband

Regular: Ivor Cutler (of Y’Lup O.M.P.)

ABC It's A Wonderful World movie with Dennis Lotis, Ted Health and his music

ATV Find The Singer

Jim Dale, The Barry Sisters

AR Dan Farson Meets Adam Faith 10:55 - 11:10 pm

Friday 15th June 1962

AR Stop - Look - Listen 5:00 - 5:25 (first edition)

Hosted by Steve Race with regulars The Countrymen

Granada Swinging Along

Marion Ryan

The King Brothers

AR Needle Match 7:00 - 7:30 pm (first edition)

NB Dancers interpreted the songs, no actual artists appeared. This was one of the
first shows commissioned by the new Head of Light Entertainment Elkan Allan. According
to a later review in the Daily Mirror there were many viewer complaints about the
show.

Referee: Keith Fordyce

American promoter: David Gell

British promoter: Oliver Reed

International Jury Judge: Caterine Millinair

Kenny Lynch

ATV All That Jazz

Tommy Bruce

Lita Roza

Ronnie Scott Quartet

Stan Reynolds and his Music

Jack Parnell and his Orchestra

Saturday 16th June 1962

BBC Juke Box Jury

Jury - Nelson Riddle, Carole Carr, Anne Heywood, Pete Murray

Guest -

BBC The Charlie Chester Music Hall

Winifred Atwell

ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5:50 - 6:30 pm

Hosted by Brian Matthew

Kenny Ball Jazzmen – The Green Leaves Of Summer

Craig Douglas

The Polka Dots

Doug Sheldon - A Big Big Baby

Carol Deene

Don Neilson

Bobby Vee - Play It Cool movie clip

Guest DJ Bill Crozier and a panel of teenagers review new American releases in Spin-A-Disc

ITV The Denny Willis Show

Janie Marden

ABC Saturday Bandbox

No-one of interest in this edition

ABC Seeing Life

Ronnie Carroll

The Kevin Kent Four

The Harry Hayward Sextet

ITN News

Frank Sinatra at the premier of The Manchurian Candidate

Sunday 17th June 1962

ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium

Hosted by Norman Vaughan

Lisa Kirk with the Four Saints

Monday 18th June 1962

TWW Discs-A-Gogo

Mike Cotton Jazzmen

Westward Spin Along

content unknown

Tuesday 19th June 1962

AR Swinging Along

Marion Ryan

The King Brothers

Tobert Trio

AR Tuesday Rendezvous

Bert Weedon

Joe Brown

Granada Swinging Along

Marion Ryan, The King Brothers

Wednesday 20th June 1962

BBC Wednesday Magazine 1:30 - 2:05 pm

The Folklanders

Bernard Cribbins

AR Let’s Twist On The Riviera 9:15 - 9:30 pm

Hosted by David Frost

AR Hippodrome 9:57 - 10:57 pm

No-one of interest in this edition

Thursday 21st June 1962

BBC Let's Go!

Talent show

Irving Martin and the M squad (jazz group)

BBC At The Drop Of A Hat 7:55 - 8:45 pm

Flanders & Swann

AR Daniel Farson Meets The Temperance Seven 10:55 - 11:10 pm

Friday 22nd June 1962

BBC Blue Peter

Steve Benbow

ATV All That Jazz

The Johnny Dankworth Quintet

Petula Clark

Terry Lightfoot's Jazzmen

Rog Whittaker

Jack Parnell and his Orchestra

AR Swinging Along

content unknown

AR Stop - Look - Listen 5:00 - 5:25 pm

Hosted by Steve Race with regulars The Countrymen

AR Needle Match

Referee: Keith Fordyce

American promoter: David Gell

British promoter: Oliver Reed

Saturday 23rd June 1962

BBC Juke Box Jury

Jury - Arthur Askey, Jean Metcalfe. Bill Crozier, Juliet Mills

Guest -

BBC Shirley Sings And Riddle Swings 8:20 - 9:05 pm

NB Bassey only performed four songs and later complained about the way her set was
shot

Shirley Bassey & Nelson Riddle

The Hi Los

ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5:50 - 6:30 pm

Hosted by Brian Matthew

Adam Faith

Bernard Cribbins

Joyce Blair

Ray Ellington Quintet

Danny Williams

Susan Maughan

Tommy Steele

Ronnie Carroll

guest DJ Pete Murray

ITV The Denny Willis Show

Ray Ellington

ABC Bandbox

content unknown

Sunday 24th June 1962

BBC Sunday Night Play: Member of the Family

NB THe play was especially written for Eartha Kitt

Eartha Kitt

ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium

Hosted by Norman Vaughan

Helen Shapiro

The Dallas Boys

ABC Music For Dreaming

content unknown

Monday 25th June 1962

Granada One Man’s Music 10:10 - 10:40 pm

NB Cleo Laine learns 104 songs for the series. The arranger is David Lee, composer
of Peter Sellers’ hits Goodness Gracious Me and Bangers and Mash

The songs of Jerome Kern

Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth

TWW Discs-A-Gogo

content unknown

Westward Spin Along

The Viscounts

Southern Sweet 'n' Sour (first edition)

Music provided by Art Jones and his Quintet

Anglia About Anglia

Steve Benbow

Ulster unknown show

Rog Whittaker

Tuesday 26th June 1962

AR Tuesday Rendezvous

Don Charles

Anglia About Anglia

Steve Benbow

Wednesday 27th June 1962

ATV The Arthur Haynes Show

Ken Morris and Joan Savage

ATV Star Time 9:45 - 10:45 pm

Alma Cogan

Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen – The Green Leaves of Summer

Frank Ifield

ATV Lunch Box

Christine Campbell

Anglia About Anglia

Steve Benbow

Thursday 28th June 1962

BBC The Acker Bilk Band Show

Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazzband

Ivor Cutler – How To Make A Friend

Adge Cutler

AR Daniel Farson Meets Matt Monro

Anglia About Anglia

Steve Benbow

Friday 29th June 1962

AR Stop - Look - Listen

General knowledge quiz hosted by Steve Race with regulars The Countrymen

ATV All That Jazz

Chris Barber's Jazzband with Ottilie Patterson

Joe Brown and his Bruvvers

Harry Klein Quartet

Jack Parnell and his Orchestra

AR Needle Match

Pop record contest

Referee: Keith Fordyce

American promoter: David Gell

British promoter: Oliver Reed

Anglia About Anglia

Steve Benbow

Saturday 30th June 1962

BBC Juke Box Jury

Jury - Stubby Kaye, Jimmy Henney, Jeny Angeloglou, Miriam Karlin

Guest -

ABC Holiday Town Parade

NB Recorded in Morecambe

Hosted by Keith Fordyce

contents unknown

ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show - Two Of A Kind 9:30 - 10:00 pm (first in new series)

Twist Competition: (The Sid James Team Vs The Dennis Lotis Team), judged by David
Jacobs and Louise Cordet

ABC Big Night Out

Frank Ifield

ABC Holiday Town Parade

Beauty contest, hosted by Keith Fordyce

ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show - Two Of A Kind

Alex Welsh and His Jazzband - When You're Smiling

The Beverley Sisters - English Muffin and Irish Stew

Sunday 15th July 1962

ABC Sunday Break: Violence

songs by Allen Klein

ATV Bernard Delfont Sunday Show: The Great All-Star Show

Jo Stafford

Monday 16th July 1962

BBC Like Jazz 6:20 - 6:35 pm

Hosted by Alan Dell

Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen

Westward Spin Along

content unknown

Granada One Man’s Music

The songs of George Gershwin

Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth

ITV Festival of the City of London: In Praise of Wine

Dennis Lotis

Tuesday 17th July 1962

AR Tuesday Rendezvous

content unknown

AR Needle Match

Referee Drew Russell

British promoter Oliver Reed

American promoter David Gell

Guest of the week Maureen Evans

Tyne Tees One O'Clock Show

Joe Brown

Wednesday 18th July 1962

BBC Barn Dance

The Four Barry Sisters

The Liverpool Spinners

ATV Lunch Box

'Pick A Pop' with Steve Arlen

Friday 20th July 1962

AR Stop - Look - Listen

Hosted by Steve Race with regulars The Countrymen

ATV Putting On The Donegan 10:10 - 10:40 pm

Lonnie Donegan

Mikki & Griff

The Kestrels

Granada Spot The Tune

NB This was Marion Ryan’s 200th show. The Yorkshire cricketer Freddie Trueman helped
celebrate with an appearance on the show. His subsequent late arrival at the team
hotel in the middle of the night leading to a missed early morning call led to him
being dropped from the side.

Marion Ryan

Johnny Grey’s Band

Joe Brown

plus Pete Murray

Saturday 21st July 1962

BBC Juke Box Jury

Jury - Alan Freeman, Carole Carr, Gary Miller, Sheila Hancock

Guest -

BBC Twist! Music With A Beat

Regulars plus Helen Shapiro,

Mike Sarne & Wendy (Richards)

Sandu Scott

Twist Competition: Z Cars Vs The Archers

BBC The Saturday Show

No musical guests of interest

ABC Big Night Out

The Kaye Sisters

ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show - Two Of A Kind

Mr Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazzband - If You Were The Only Girl In The World

The Beverley Sisters - The Sultan

Sunday 22nd July 1962

BBC The George Mitchell Show

Cy Grant

ATV The Roy Castle Show

Janie Marden

The Polka Dots

Monday 23rd July 1962

NB Both BBC and ITV show programming sent / received via Telstar

BBC Like Jazz

Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen

Granada One Man’s Music

The songs of Cole Porter

Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth

Tuesday 24th July 1962

AR Tuesday Rendezvous

Bert Weedon

AR Needle Match

British promoter Oliver Reed

American promoter David Gell

Needle Match guest of the week Ronnie Carroll

Tyne Tees One O'Clock Show

The Brook Brothers

Wednesday 25th July 1962

BBC Barn Dance

The Four Barry Sisters

The Liverpool Spinners

Thursday 26th July 1962

BBC The Acker Bilk Band Show

Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazzband

Ivor Cutler

Friday 27th July 1962

ATV Putting On The Donegan 10:10 - 10:40 pm

Lonnie Donegan

Mikki & Griff

The Kestrels

AR Stop - Look - Listen

Hosted by Steve Race with regulars The Countrymen

Granada Spot The Tune

Marion Ryan, Pete Murray

Paul McDowell (The Temperance Seven)

Saturday 28th July 1962

BBC Juke Box Jury

Jury - Alan Dell, Shirley Eaton, Susan Franks, plus one

Guest -

BBC Twist! Music With A Beat 10:30 - 11:00 pm

Regulars plus The Polka Dots,

Kenny Lynch

Don Lang & His Twisters

Tony Osborne & The Mellowmen

Carole Deene

Twist contest: Freddie Mills team vs Raymond's team

BBC The Saturday Show

Michael Holiday

Sheila Buxton

ATV The Morecambe & Wise Show - Two Of A Kind

Mike Cotton Jazzband - The Cobbler's Song

Susan Maughan - So In Love

ABC Big Night Out

content unknown

Sunday 29th July 1962

ATV The Award Show 8:25 - 9:25 pm

Cliff Richard and The Shadows

Adele Leigh

Monday 30th July 1962

Granada One Man’s Music: The songs of Duke Ellington

Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth

Tuesday 31st July 1962

AR Tuesday Rendezvous

History of Jazz with Bob Wallis and the Storeyville Jazzmen

AR Needle Match

Referee Keith Fordyce

Barry Barnett

Wednesday 1st August 1962

BBC Barn Dance

The Four Barry Sisters

The Liverpool Spinners

BBC Like Jazz 10:30 – 10:45 pm

Probably moved to later in the evening to co-inside with the ITV Jazz special

Kenny Ball

ATV The Story Of Trad 9:45 - 10:45 pm

The story of traditional jazz as told by George Melly to racing driver Stirling Moss.
It made joint seventeen in the network TAM ratings for that week

NB Complaints were made about Steele lip synching to existing recordings

Tommy Steele - In An English Country Garden, Inchworm (with children from The Corona
Stage School), plus others

AR Do You Come Here Often? The Story of Dancing: From The Waltz to the Twist 9:45
– 10:45 pm

content unknown

Monday 13th August 1962

BBC Like Jazz

Chris Barber & Ottilie Patterson

AR Here and Now

Steve Race

Granada One Man’s Music

The songs of Richard Rodgers

Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth

TWW Discs-A-Gogo

Mike Cotton Jazzmen (the band begin a residency)

Tuesday 14th August 1962

AR Tuesday Rendezvous

Bert Weedon

AR Needle Time

Referee Keith Fordyce

British promoter Wally Whyton

American promoter David Gell

Guest of the week Tim Connor

Wednesday 15th August 1962

BBC Like Jazz

Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band

BBC Barn Dance

The Four Barry Sisters

The Liverpool Spinners

ATV Star Time

Alma Cogan

Dave King

The Mike Cotton Jazzmen

Thursday 16th August 1962

BBC Let’s Go 5:00 - 5:3- pm

The Eagles

The Alvin Roy Jazz Band

AR Dan Farson Meets Mike Sarne 10:55 - 11:10 pm

Friday 17th August 1962

BBC Big Band Concert (repeat 2nd April 1962)

AR Holiday Music

Nevil Whiting

Barbara Brown

Ted Taylor Four

Percy Press

Peter Anyon

Ernest Richardson

Ronnie Carroll

AR Twenties Rhythm

NB Intended to be ‘The Dorothy Provine Show’, recorded when the American star was
in the country earlier in the year to appear on Sunday Night at the London Palladium,
but contracted laryngitis, so had to cancel the special. This show features other
material recorded for the show

Gospel version of the Christmas story with Marion Williams, The Stars of Faith, Alex
Bradford etc

Southern Day By Day

Adam Faith

The Beverley Sisters

Humphrey Lyttleton

Beryl Bryden

Tommy Loughran

Wednesday 26th December 1962 Boxing Day

Anglia Spin Along Santa

content unknown

Granada Lonely Boy

Paul Anka documentary

Thursday 27th December 1962

Southern Day By Day

The Springfields (their fourth appearance on the show)

Friday 28th December 1962

BBC Eartha Kitt reads the story of Anatole the mouse

BBC Johnny Mathis 8:45 - 9:15 pm

Backed by Ted Heath’s band

Saturday 29th December 1962

BBC Juke Box Jury

Jury - Shirley Ann-Field, Robert Morley, Jimmy Young, Polly Elwes

Guest -

ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars 5:50 - 6:00 pm

NB this had an audience figure of eighteen million and gets into the TAM ratings
top ten at joint fifth

Hosted by Brian Matthew

Hit Parade of 1962 special

Cliff Richard - The Young Ones

Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen - Midnight In Moscow

Ronnie Carroll - Roses Are Red

Petula Clark - Ya Ya Twist

The Karl Denver Trio - Wimoweh

Craig Douglas - Our Favourite Melodies

Frank Ifield - I Remember You

The Shadows - Wonderful Land

Helen Shapiro - Tell Me What He Said

Mike Sarne -

ATV The Arthur Haynes Show

Joe (Mister Piano) Henderson

Janie Marden

ATV Broadway Goes Latin

Edmondo Ros his orchestra and singers

Sunday 30th December 1962

BBC The Billy Cotton Band Show

Russ Conway

ABC Sunday Break

a look at pop idols

ATV Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium 8:25 - 9:55pm

The Stars Organisation for Spastics special edition with most of the acts participating
in a performance of the Aladdin pantomime

Alma Cogan

Michael Holiday

Bert Weedon

Vera Lynn

Dennis Lotis

ABC Sing Along (last edition)

Mrs Mills

Monday 31st December 1962

BBC White Heather Club 12:00 am - 1:00

Andy Stewart

TWW Discs-A-Gogo

content unknown

ATV Sing In The New

Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger

Border Beat The Border

Johnny Kidd and the Pirates - live set

Southern Their Kind of Music (first edition)

NB Two previous Southern shows Three Of A Kind and Strictly For The Birds are combined
for this new series

Regulars - Wout Steinhuis, Dorita y Pepe, The Arthur Jones Trio

Pepe Martino

Ronnie Winters (country and western singer)

Also this year

ATV Tingha and Tucker

Cliff Richard meets the two little bears at Blackpool beach

Scottish Studio Downbeat July

Jet Harris, Kenny Lynch

TWW Here Today

in January Glenda Collins appeared

Tyne Tees Young at Heart

In January Glenda Collins makes three appearances

ABC Thank Your Lucky Stars

In one edition with Billy Fury a spiral staircase collapses after the host leans
on it. The mistake is kept in the final broadcast.

25th August 1962 Westward TV sponsor a day of jazz in Taunton in co-operation with
the National Jazz Federation, but despite the presence of many of the greats of British
jazz at the time Chris Barber, Kenny Ball, Johnny Dankworth among others it appears
not to have been broadcast.

Southern A Handful of Songs

A six part series starring Rosemary Squires which began in September

Grampian Sounds New

This series starts in October and according to The Stage the show was "providing
new and novel sounds by a rather unorthodox use of both instruments and musical arrangements".

Southern Day By Day

in December 1962 Kenny Lynch performs Up On The Roof on the roof of Southern TV's
studios in Northam, Southampton

ABC You'll Never Believe It

Science show in which Dick Charlesworth inhales helium then plays the clarinet